A method includes while displaying a drawing user interface, detecting an object insertion input and, in response, inserting a respective object in the drawing user interface. The method includes, while displaying the respective object, detecting a pixel erase input, and, in response, ceasing to display a first portion of the respective object without ceasing to display second and third portions of the respective object. The method includes detecting an object erase input directed to a portion of the respective object, and, in response, when the object erase input is directed to the second portion and the second portion is not connected to the third portion, ceasing to display the second portion, but not the third portion; and when the object erase input is directed to the third portion and the third portion is not connected to the second portion, ceasing to display the third portion, but not the second portion.
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6. The method of claim 5, wherein, while the eraser tool is in the object erase mode of operation, the eraser affordance has a first appearance, and wherein, while the eraser tool is in the pixel erase mode of operation, the eraser affordance has a second appearance that is different from the first appearance.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first portion of the respective object is within a third path defined by the pixel erase input.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the third path defined by the pixel erase input passes through the respective object, resulting in the second portion of the respective object that is not connected to the third portion of the respective object.
12. The method of claim 1, further comprising, in accordance with a determination that the object erase input defines a third path intersecting the second portion of the respective object and intersecting the third portion of the respective object, ceasing to display the second portion of the respective object and ceasing to display the third portion of the respective object.
18. The electronic device of claim 14, the one or more programs including instructions for: in accordance with a determination that the object erase input defines a third path intersecting the second portion of the respective object and intersecting the third portion of the respective object, ceasing to display the second portion of the respective object and ceasing to display the third portion of the respective object.
24. The non-transitory memory of claim 20, the one or more programs including instructions for: in accordance with a determination that the object erase input defines a third path intersecting the second portion of the respective object and intersecting the third portion of the respective object, ceasing to display the second portion of the respective object and ceasing to display the third portion of the respective object.
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April 8, 2020
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